Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 8 Spiritual Root Test and School Enrollment

"My husband, will Ling'er be able to pass the test?"

Li Ru looked nervous as she watched Zhou Ling line up and walk towards the cloud platform.

Zhou Shan smiled warmly, "Don't worry, if you can't pass, just train your body with me, it's not a big deal!"

Li Ru has asked this question more than ten times in the past few days.

"Fellow Daoist Li, don't worry. I can see faint spiritual energy fluctuations on Xiao Ling's body, so she definitely has spiritual roots!"

Wang Yu, standing to the side, offered words of comfort with a smile.

Li Ruwei nodded slightly, knowing that she was just being overly concerned.

At that moment, not far away in the square, Zhou Shan and seven children stood on the testing platform at the same time.

"Children, you hold your identity jade tokens in your hands. Please sit on the cloud platform for a moment."

Not far away, a middle-aged cultivator who was in charge of the test spoke calmly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling casually found a place to sit on the cloud platform.

Wang Xin also sat down next to him.

The other children also took their seats.

Zhou Ling was also surprised, as all the participants in the test were two or three-year-old children.

Most of them behaved very steadily, unlike on Blue Star, where when kindergarten starts, the children who have just started school cry and make a fuss.

There are some crying children here, but only a few.

Overall, the intellectual level of two- or three-year-old children here is probably no less than that of five- or six-year-olds on Earth.

But thinking about it, perhaps there is spiritual energy in this realm, which is why people's intelligence developed early.

That seems to be a normal thing.

Soon, a faint light flickered on the cloud platform, enveloping the child.

They dispersed after a short while.

"Liu Lei has a mixed spiritual root with three attributes."

"Zhang Hu has a mixed spiritual root with two attributes."

"Ye San has no spiritual root."

Zhou Ling has a low-grade spiritual root with five attributes.

"Wang Xinmu has a mid-grade spiritual root."

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The children had just stepped down from the cloud platform and returned to their parents' sides when the middle-aged deacon recited the names and spiritual roots of all the children who had just participated in the test in one breath.

"Ling'er has a low-grade spiritual root, that's wonderful!"

Li Ru held Zhou Shan's hand, her face full of excitement.

"I told you long ago that you didn't need to worry!" Zhou Shan tightened his grip on Li Ru's hand, looking relaxed as well.

Although he kept saying it was easy.

But as a body cultivator, he knew the hardships of body cultivation, and he only wanted to avoid his son following the same path.

Now that his son has a low-grade spiritual root, he can finally rest easy.

In theory, those with low-grade spiritual roots have a chance to become Foundation Establishment cultivators, provided they have sufficient resources.

"Fellow Daoist Li, congratulations to Xiao Ling'er for having a low-grade spiritual root."

Wang Yu said with a smile.

"We should congratulate Fellow Daoist Wang! Little Xin'er has a mid-grade spiritual root, and she has a great chance of entering the inner sect in the future!"

Li Ru replied with a smile.

She was already content that her son had a low-grade spiritual root.

"Let's go register the child first!"

Zhou Shan also smiled.

The three of them then took the child and headed towards the Taoist academy's registration area.

After completing the formalities and paying the spirit stones, Zhou Ling followed his parents to a schoolhouse.

Each school building has thirty-six places.

Zhou Ling was arranged to sit next to Wang Xin. Their teacher was a beautiful girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old.

Her name is Liu Yan, and she is an inner disciple of the Lingxia Sect with a cultivation level in the late stage of Qi Refining.

"Children, you will soon begin your studies at the academy. There will be two classes every day, with theory in the morning and practical classes in the afternoon."

Inside the school building, Liu Yan's pleasant voice was explaining the upcoming course schedule to the children.

All thirty-six children sat quietly and listened attentively.

Zhou Ling couldn't help but admire the intelligence of the children in this realm once again.

On Earth, some two-year-old children still wear diapers in their bibs.

The children here are already learning the theories of cultivation.

In order to stimulate his innate talent for immortality, he had been reading a large number of pre-cultivation books with his mother's help for some time.

Knowing how difficult these books are to understand, I estimate they are no less challenging than the courses a junior high school student would have studied in my previous life.

Here, even two- or three-year-old children can accept it.

This level of competitiveness is truly terrifying.

Even with his adult mindset and the cheat code, he didn't seem to have much of an advantage.

[You are breathing in spiritual energy. Spiritual affinity +1, spiritual energy +1]

[Total number of breaths of spiritual energy: 32/1000]

As Zhou Ling listened, he would take deep breaths from time to time. The spiritual energy inside the academy was even richer than that at the registration office.

Wang Xin, who sat at the same table, seemed very curious, her big, dark eyes glancing at Zhou Ling from time to time.

Zhou Ling then realized that more than an hour had passed since they first met, and he hadn't heard the little girl say a word.

Although these children are precocious, it shouldn't be like this!

Zhou Ling was a little puzzled, but he didn't bother with the child.

"From now on, there will be a small test every three months to check your learning progress. Each assessment will be recorded and will be closely related to your future studies!"

"Those who achieve excellent results will also receive rewards from the academy!"

Liu Yan continued.

[Growth Talent, Born with a Unique Ability: Helps increase cultivation speed. Requirement: Achieve a top-three ranking ten times in any formal competition or assessment.]

Another new talent has emerged?
Zhou Ling was pleasantly surprised.

The original "Immortal Wisdom Root" was mainly used for comprehension.

[Spiritual affinity] refers to spiritual power and magical power.

Now, with the addition of the "Born with Talent" ability to increase cultivation speed, his cultivation talent is already at its peak.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling couldn't help but smile. Feeling the abundant spiritual energy in the schoolhouse, he felt that the five low-grade spirit stones his parents had paid were worthwhile.

After arranging the seats, distributing several books, and introducing the daily practice courses, Zhang Yan asked the parents to take their children home, as school would officially start tomorrow.

"Xiao Ling, from now on you and Xin'er will be deskmates. You must help each other, okay!"

As Wang Yu walked out of the dormitory, he smiled at Zhou Ling.

"Understood, Aunt Wang!"

Zhou Ling replied.

"However, Xin'er doesn't like to talk. If anyone bullies her, you must help her!"

Wang Yu added.

It seemed that only then did Li Ru and his wife realize that Wang Xin had not spoken.

He noticed that everyone's eyes were suddenly turned towards him.

Wang Xin shyly hid behind Wang Yu.

Wang Yu reached out and touched Wang Xin's braided hair, saying helplessly, "This girl is good in every way, but she just doesn't talk!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Li exchanged a glance, both thinking the same thing: "Could he be mute?"

Children who are around two years old should definitely be able to talk!
However, some children are special cases, and that's also possible.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two sides left the Taoist temple with their respective children.

Because their children are still young, they all choose to pick them up and drop them off at school.

(End of this chapter)